1、1The Second Period ReadingTeaching goals1. Learn something about the Mekong River through reading.2. Students can use what they have learned to describe a trip.3. Students should realize if they want to be successful, what personalities they should have.Teaching important and difficult points:1. Und
2、erstand the text well.2. Try to master the useful new words & expressions in this period.Teaching aids: a computer & a projectorTeaching proceduresStep Warming Up T: Ask the students to watch the video about Mekong River and pay attention to what countries it flows.Step Lead InT: Have you visited th
3、e Mekong River? If no, lets learn something about it.1. Show a picture of the Mekong River and the brief introduction of it.2. Ask them: Can you list the countries that the Mekong River flows through?Step Pre-reading2Ask students to discuss their plan to travel a river.Step IV ReadingIn this step, g
4、et the students to read the text and finish some tasks.Task1: Skim the text and get the main idea of each paragraph :Task2: Careful Reading and fill the form Read the text again and try to complete a form.their dreamTheir journeyTheir preparationTask3: Discuss the text in details.VStep V Post-readin
5、gAsk and answer:1.What are Wang Kun and Wang Weis idea of a good trip?2. Who planed the trip to the Mekong?3. Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter?4. What can you see when you travel along the Mekong?5. Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River?Task 1: Make comp
6、arisonAn attitude is what a person thinks about something. Make lists of Wang Weis and Wang Kuns similar and different attitudes about the trip. Task 2: Debate3Questions: What do you think of Wang Wei? What can you learn from her?Task 3: Some proverbs :Success belongs to the persevering.胜利属于有毅力者。No
7、success in life merely happens.人生中没有什么成功是纯粹偶然得来的。Task4: Consolidation: Read the text again and fill in the blanks. Step VI DisscussionDo you know Xu Xiake? Do you think his way of traveling is meaningful? Why? Step VII Homework1. Get more information about the Mekong River.2. Retell the text in about 100 words.3. Recite the words and phrases.
